Satkahan by Samaresh Majumdar

The central character of the novel is Diwali, nicknamed Deepa. Father's name is Amarnath. Deepa lost her pregnant mother soon after birth. Later, Deepa was forced to get married at the age of 12 under the insistence of her stepmother and grandmother Manorama. But the cruel irony of fate, she had to become a widow the day after the wedding. So he is forced to return to his father's house. And she was supposed to live like five Bengali Hindu widows. But not giving in to fate, Deepa chose the path against the current.

He started the journey to the unknown to rebuild his life. With the help of a relative, Deepa got admission in college after completing secondary school. In the beginning, he got the opportunity to study from the college hostel. Befriends Shamit, Maya and Sudeep while studying in college. Along with studies, he also acted in drama group. The drama group was Shamit's.